Tonight Mr Corbyn is holding talks with MPs including PLP chair John Cryer and vocal critic Jess Phillips, a source said, after he said "text messages are coming in from lots of people who want to get on board". But he also would not rule out future deselections, saying it was not a decision for him.

Shadow cabinet elections - a key plank of the moderates' hope for unity - will also be discussed at a meeting of the ruling NEC tonight, but the leader is expected to push any decision into the long grass.

Shadow cabinet elections to be discussed tonight - but no decision likely

Jeremy Corbyn has a big appointment tonight - Labour’s ruling NEC will meet at the party conference.

Shadow cabinet elections will be on the agenda, but the Labour leader is understood not to want a decision today.

His team say he wants to take more time over the decision and take it as part of a wider shake-up of party democracy.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC there will be an “open discussion” and said members, not just MPs, should be involved in picking the top team.

“I’m not keen on shadow cabinet elections in the form that they were before,” he said. This involved only MPs voting for the top team.

15:49KEY EVENT

Corbyn in peace talks but no reshuffle yet

A source close to Jeremy Corbyn downplays his comment earlier that shadow cabinet posts will emerge “imminently”.

The leader will not be doing a “reshuffle at conference”, the source says.

However, he is due to have meetings with PLP chair John Cryer and outspoken MP Jess Phillips this afternoon, the source says.

15:30

Momentum tells followers: "We've done it"

14:56Mikey Smith

Jeremy Corbyn visiting a community cafe

The Labour leader’s first visit after this morning’s victory was to a local ‘community cafe’.

He’s at the Neo Community Cafe in Birkenhead, accompanied by MPs Frank Field and Margaret Greenwood.

The BBC’s Norman Smith reported earlier he was making jam sandwiches, which might be the most Jeremy Corbyn way to celebrate.

14:53

Corbyn says new shadow cabinet posts will emerge "imminently"

14:51

Corbyn: "Text messages are coming in"

Jeremy Corbyn has been giving a round of interviews about his election victory.

He told the BBC MPs are willing to return to his top team, saying: “Text messages are coming in from lots of people who want to get on board”.

He added: “I think you will see a lot of changes over the next few weeks.”

He said discussions were under way over a call by the Parliamentary Labour Party for a return to shadow cabinet elections.

However he indicated that he wanted to go further in “widening and deepening” democracy in the party by involving members as well.

“We are discussing also democratising the party because we are a party that is in a completely new place unprecedented in British politics - 300,000 new members in a year. They all want a voice as well,” he told Sky News.

He also refused to support calls to rule out the de-selection of MPs.

“It is not my decision who is selected for a place or not. I am not a leader who imposes things on constituencies,” he told the BBC.

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14:38

Tom Watson: "Patience is the most effective warrior"

Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson has reacted to the result.

He said: “The most important thing is that both candidates said they want to bring the party back together, they want unity. I think we are looking at an early general election and that must now be our sole focus - taking on Theresa May and the Tories.”

Mr Watson said the party had been put on election footing and insisted that Mr Corbyn had made clear he did not want to “punish” MPs who refused to serve in the shadow cabinet.

“We have got to rebuild trust in the party,” said the deputy leader. “That’s going to take patience. Patience is the most effective warrior in this.

“We’ve got to build confidence back between the MPs in Parliament, but I think we can do that with a little bit of time and patience, and if we can do that we can focus on our general election priorities and those millions of people who need a Labour government.”

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14:34Mikey Smith

Jeremy Corbyn celebrates in the most Jeremy Corbyn way

The Labour leader is celebrating his victory in the most Jeremy Corbyn way possible.

By making - or at least eating - some jam.

14:21

Momentum chief posts Tony Blair's 1997 election anthem

James Schneider, a key figure in pro-Corbyn group Momentum, has summed up the left-winger’s victory - by posting Tony Blair’s famous anthem.

He’s tweeted D:ream’s Things Can Only Get Better, which Mr Blair used as his 1997 campaign song.

Labour MP explains why she won't rejoin Corbyn's top team

This afternoon, Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as Leader of the Labour Party.

As one of the Vice-Chairs of Owen Smith’s campaign it wasn’t the result I wanted, but I congratulate him on his victory and wish him success in what will be a difficult period for our party and our country.

My experiences of working with him and John McDonnell are a matter of public record.

I stand by what I’ve said and so couldn’t serve again on Jeremy’s front bench.

But whoever serves in the shadow cabinet should have the confidence of their colleagues. That is why I support the reintroduction of shadow cabinet elections and hope they are agreed at this afternoon meeting of the party’s executive committee.

Never have I seen vitriol and bile directed at each other as I have in the last few months. Social media is not a nice place to be right now. For that small – but regrettably vocal – minority who think homophobic, anti-Semitic and sexist abuse is who we are, I’m happy to personally direct you to the door.

If we continue down this road, we won’t just rip ourselves to shreds, we’ll alienate the very people we need to vote for us and provide the Tories with ammo at the same time.

That is not to say we will all agree all the time. We won’t. I’m not sure a Party with a homogenous view on every issue would be healthy. How we address our differences is what matters, because we have more in common than divides us, as a friend once said.

We are and always have been, a broad church. This Party is not the preserve of one faction or another. It is the preserve of working people. It is the vanguard of our class, a vehicle to achieve change through the political process. Without power we are protest movement - so let’s get on with winning it. It can’t be a choice between a mass movement of members or a mass movement of voters. We can have both. We must have both.

That brings me to a final point. For the love of a higher power, we must stop continually talking about ourselves, to ourselves. I cannot overstate this enough: the public don’t care.

12:49

Miliband's call for unity

Unity, taking the fight to the Tories and focusing on the next general election are the key messages being shared by many Labour figures.

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband was among them.

He tweeted:

12:49Mikey Smith

GMB responds to the result

Tim Roache, the General Secretary of the GMB union, which backed Owen Smith, has responded to the result.

“GMB sends our congratulations to Jeremy. It’s time for the Labour Party to unite and get on with holding this Government to account - standing up for working people and winning their support rather than continually talking to ourselves about ourselves and banging on about our internal differences.

“The real opposition here is the Conservative Government and the pain and misery it is inflicting - we must never forget that. They are intent on making sure we never set foot in Downing Street again and it’s time for us to take them on.”

“Now the contest is over, let’s get behind Jeremy and help him to put his mandate into action.”

Tim Roache (Image: Getty)

12:45Ben Glaze

Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership. Again.

Jeremy Corbyn smiled with satisfaction, ambled onto the stage, confidently grasped the lectern – and looked out to a big black abyss.

Jeremy Corbyn MP gives the thumbs up to supporters after being announced as the leader of the Labour Party on the eve of the party's annual conference (Image: Getty)

12:44

Sadiq: Focus on the general election

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted his support for Jeremy Corbyn - and was one of many Labour figures to focus sights on the next election.

Congratulations to Jeremy who has clearly won the support of Labour members and supporters.

The most important thing now is that our Party pulls together and focuses every effort on winning the next general election.

Labour London Assembly member Tom Copley, however, was not a fan of the result.

He commented on Twitter:

It would seem churlish not to congratulate the winner of #LabourLeadership contest but tbh I don’t much feel like congratulating Theresa May.

Commiserations to Owen Smith, and to the millions of people suffering under the Tories who need a Labour to win a General Election

12:41

Reed: I'm going nowhere

Labour MP for Copeland Jamie Reed quit last as a Shadow health minister last year one minute into Corbyn’s victory speech.

But while he may still list himself as Red Leader, Rebel Alliance, in his Twitter bio, he insists he is sticking with the party. He said on Twitter:

Congratulations to Jeremy. I’m staying right here. For every Labour member disappointed today: we need you now. Don’t quit, don’t split.

Labour is the greatest vehicle for economic and social progress that Britain has ever seen. The British people need the Labour Party.

This period will pass. People like us will pick up the pieces and our party will win again.

And he retweeted;

12:37KEY EVENT

Owen Smith's reaction in full

Owen Smith has issued a statement on the result. Here it is in full.

“I want to congratulate Jeremy Corbyn on his clear win in this leadership contest. There is no doubt that the Labour Party has changed under his leadership, he has mobilised huge numbers of people over the last 12 months, many of whom are here at Conference in Liverpool, and he deserves the credit for that, and for winning this contest so decisively.

“I am humbled by the more than 193,000 members, supporters and trade union members who have put their faith in me and I want to say a big thank you to them. It has been a privilege to meet so many of you, who have given so much of your lives to Labour, and I promise to continue to work for what we all believe in. It has been a huge honour for me to stand for leader of our great party and I am also deeply grateful to my Parliamentary colleagues for nominating me.

“I entered this race because I didn’t think Jeremy was providing the leadership we needed, and because I felt we must renew our party to win back the voters’ trust and respect. However, I fully accept and respect the result and I will reflect carefully on it and on what role I might play in future to help Labour win again for the British people.

“I have no time for talk of a split in the Labour movement - it’s Labour or nothing for me. And although today’s result shows that our movement remains divided, it now falls primarily to Jeremy Corbyn, as Labour Leader, to heal those divisions and to unite our movement. We have to turn round our dire opinion poll ratings and take on this right wing, failing Tory Government. Jeremy has won this contest. He now has to win the country and he will have my support in trying to do so.

“Above all, despite present divisions, we have to stick together in for the long term. I call on those party members disappointed by the result and tempted to look elsewhere to stay with Labour and to stay involved. Let’s work together to renew this movement and take the fight to the Tories.

“I want to thank Iain McNicol, the Labour Party staff and ERS who have all worked tirelessly and professionally during this contest.

“And, most importantly, I want to thank my family who have made huge sacrifices for me during this campaign and in recent years. I’m going to be at Conference today and tomorrow before returning home to Wales to spend some precious time with them.

“Thank you.”

(Image: Getty)

12:35Kevin Maguire

The second coming of Corbyn

The second coming of the Corbynistas’ messiah was much slicker than the first.

“This time Jeremy read the speech we wrote for him,” smiled a key aide to the leader after re-elected one improved hugely on last September’s rambling victory address.

Corbyn pressed all the right buttons – reaching out, looking forward, bashing Tories, condemning abuse, sounding radical with a reasonable edge – but what really counts is what happens next.

Last year irreconcilable opponent Jamie Reed resigned just before Corbyn spoke. This year Lucy Powell signalled her return.

Corbyn knows he must put the party back together to have any chance of winning a General Election. So do his implacable enemies in Labour.

(Image: Christopher Furlong)

12:34

Doughty: No splits (or purges)

Stephen Doughty, who represents Cardiff South and Penarth, called for unity - and support on all sides.

12:34Jason Beattie

Jason Beattie's verdict

Jeremy Corbyn has never been stronger. And his job has never been harder.

He needs to try to re-unite his party, draw up a coherent policy platform, reverse the party’s poll ratings, reinvigorate Labour in Scotland, improve his personal standing, stop traditional supporters from drifting to UKIP and find a way of winning over Tory voters in marginal seats.